Modi announces Rs.80,000 crore package for Jammu and Kashmir

12:40 PM: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced a Rs.80,000 crore economic package for the development of Jammu and Kashmir.

As soon as Modi made the announcement, the large gathering of people who had come to hear him broke into a joyous rapture at the Sher-e-Kashmir cricket stadium.
Announcing the much awaited economic package that will cover relief for 2014 flood victims, farmers, businessmen, tourism, youth employment and infrastructure in the state, Modi said: “This is not the end, but the beginning.”

“Not only Delhi’s treasures, but Delhi’s ‘Dil’ (heart) is always for the people of Kashmir”, Modi said.

Modi also said that he wanted to make Kashmir a dream destination for tourists.

Stressing on the development of Jammu and Kashmir, Modi said: “We will spend Rs.34,000 crore on Jammu-Srinagar Highway. It will cut the journey time from 12 hours to three-and-a-half hours.”

“Without Kashmiriyat, India is incomplete. This is the land that gave birth to Sufism, which taught us to bring everyone together,” Modi said, adding that solution of all our problems lies in the employment of the youth.

“We must also provide employment opportunity for the youths in the valley and Ladakh region.”

Excerpts from Modi Speech:

12:22 PM: A state which has given us Parvez Rasool should it not hold a international cricket match.Why not?-PM Modi in Srinagar

Jamhooriat, Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat, these are important- PM Modi

Solution to every problem of ours is in providing employment to the youth: PM Narendra Modi

India is incomplete without Kashmir: Modi

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Mobile internet services suspended in Kashmir

Srinagar: Mobile internet services across the valley were suspended on Saturday, ahead of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to Kashmir.

The service providers received queries as the mobile internet services suddenly stopped working.

The internet services were suspended as a security precaution, a top intelligence agency source told Media Sources.